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Peralta vs. Mathay 38 SCRA 256

PEDRO G. PERALTA, petitioner, vs. AUDITOR GENERAL ISMAEL MATHAY, respondent.

G.R. No. L-26608 | 1971-03-31

D E C I S I O N 

FERNANDO, J: 

There is need in this appeal from a decision of respondent Auditor General Ismael Mathay for an inquiry into the meaning and significance of the constitutional inhibition against an officer or employee of the government receiving additional or double compensation unless specifically authorized by law, 1 the decisive legal question being whether or not the cost of living allowance as well as incentive and Christmas bonuses paid to petitioner Pedro G. Peralta, a Trustee of the Government Service Insurance System, hereinafter called the GSIS, did fall within such a ban. The answer given by respondent...